Dan's 95G Mixed Reef

[Dan Reef]

Hello!

A few updates: (will take pics soon)

1. Added a few more corals, including a nice gorgonian
2. Unfortunately one of the anthias died. I added another to replace but it didn't last long... I think the other 2 are acting aggressively. I'd like to have 3 anthias so I might look for a wild bigger one or try one more time a captive breed (but they only sell in a very small size)
3. Added a Randall Goby and Antena Goby. The Antena goby died overnight for no apparent reason.

Some mishaps but in general all doing good! I can see a little cyano here and there but so far nothing to worry about.

One interesting fact is that I have to constantly adjust the additives dosage to keep the KH at 7.0 and I can see some coral growth, although very slow yet.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Excited to see the pics! Sorry about the losses, but glad things are overall going well!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Can't wait to see pictures!

 

[Dan Reef]

Hello!

Tank is doing good. Rocks are completely covered in coralline algae. During the initial days I added Pink & Purple coralline algae from ARC Reef and I must say it really did its job.

I had some fish losses due to different reasons. The White tail kole tang died due to a bacterial infection. The Purple Tang was really aggresive towards him.

Unfortunately both of the gobies died too. I believe it was due to the peroxide bath I gave prior to entering the tank... I added some new anthias and they are doing well, however!

I suspected the clowns got brook. I treated them with Metroplex and they are happy and fine now.

I'm preparing a new 10 gal. quarentine observational tank. I will not add any meds initially. Just need a UV and a tank lid to start!

Some new pics:

The coral below is a combination of frogspawn and hammer. Never saw this one before..

Seriatopora is a fast grower

Happy treated clowns

 

[Dan Reef]

It's been a while!

Happy New Year to everybody and happy reefing!

Since the last update I've added a few corals, a mandarim fish and a Spotted Prawn Goby. I see the mandarim once in a while but the goby I just saw recently and it was the first time after adding him to the tank. I thought he was dead.. but was happy to see him there!

There are some updates needed, however. I'm planning to add a chiller since temperature is getting into a dangerous level now in the brazilian summer.

Corals are doing fine but I barely see growth very likely due to the very low nitrogen and phosphorus in the water. I removed the fleece filter and started dosing Biobase ULNS.

I'm trying to erradicate a flatworm that basically is covering all the rocks and glass. It doesn't seem to harm corals but is ugly to see.. I tried flatworm exit but they didn't bother about it. It's really odd. They are very small and hard to see.

I'll add some new pics later today!

 

[Dan Reef]

Hello!

Some updates!

NO3 has been extremely low and I believe this is the reason of having some cyano. I started dosing Triton NO Beta and will raive NO3 up to 10. Hopefully I can see some faster coral growth..

I now have a new Tomini Tang. I had to remove the Purple Tang for about 10 days to avoid agression. So far it's clear they don't like each other but at least they respect their space.

I'll be soon moving to the full Triton Method. One thing at a time...